Fran Drescher as the lead would have been great, though possibly too young if the role needed someone older.
Cher (transcribed "share") is floated, with the bonus of fake Hollywood stories about the leads falling in love during filming; the joke headline adds "Sunny, furious."
The opening credits are indelible and endlessly parodied; most people have only seen the first minute.
In the opening Tony carries a paint can, stacks two pizza slices and eats them at once, and hits on two women, blocking one from passing in a point-of-view shot; the music makes the scene.
Travolta gives a one-of-one unicorn performance; no actor of the last 50 years could pull off the opening walk, with only a young Mario Lopez or a young Pacino floated.
Magic Mike and Channing Tatum are named the closest current-era equivalent for driving women crazy.
The first disco sequence brings Disco Inferno, an "I love to watch you dance" cameo by a Saturday Night Live alum, and the Night Fever group line dance.
Tony popping out of his bedroom in his underwear doing "Al Pacino, Attica" for his grandmother is a funny, real moment rooted in 1977.
The first coffee scene, where Tony is called a cliche on his way to no place, is praised as well written and well acted.
The Father Frank Jr. disco visit includes the Fran Drescher cameo, and she is called the best-looking girl in the club.
In the You Should Be Dancing scene Travolta takes over the floor; he threatened to quit unless it was shot wide instead of in close-ups, and it plays like a sports movie.
The solo scene is called one of the five most iconic scenes of the 1970s and announced in advance as this participant's category winner.
The first Brooklyn Bridge scene was filmed about 600 feet up with few safety precautions.
The dance contest is enjoyable because it is infuriating, with Caesar and Maria excelling; the other view is that the final dance is underwhelming compared with the solo scene.
The You Should Be Dancing scene is picked as most rewatchable.
The opening scene with the credits is the other pick, accepted as fair.
